AIN'T NO PLACE 03:47 listen now

So long to you old friend
I packed my bags again
I’m leaving those dark towns behind
The mirror in the hall
has told me stories and all
Of them were about you and that boy
The trains and the subway
Are bound to go my way
Or up to where I lay my head down
But there ain’t no place I rather run to
Ain’t no place I got to come to
Ain’t no place like down in your arms.
My father said to me 'Son,
The way things are always done
That's the way thing gotta be
But even on a bad day,
I'd like to do thngs my way
Crashing my head to the wall
So any way the wind blows,
And any sign my God shows,
It won't lead me further astray.
But there ain’t no place I rather run to
Ain’t no place I got to come to
Ain’t no place like down in your arms.

zj: vocals, acoustic, electric & slide guitars, bass, organ

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BUMPIN' BOOTY 03:35 listen now

Bumpin' booty, you can do it
If you move it you can groove
Groove it right
Still sucking sugar from a bag,
Looking for the dreams that you never had.
Colored mirrors scheme off on the right
Big Bad Brother in a neighbor fight.
All the sistren gonna take it slo'
So after midnight we can rock some mo'
Getting juicy all along the line,
Cos everybody feeling fine.
Everybody in the neighborhood
Bumpin' booty, you can do it
If you move it you can groove
Groove it right
Just one more day and it can take you down
Now we've got expansion in the family line
Sound of questions buzzing thru your head
Am I as fucked up as my sweet own dad?
Ain't it like shouting echoes to a wall,
Most often there nothing to hear at all.
So let history go out the door,
And move your booty all across the floor.
Everybody in the neighborhood
Bumpin' booty, you can do it
If you move it you can groove
Groove it right

zj: vocals, electric guitar, piano, organ, bass

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DOCTOR TOLD YA! 06:12 download showcase mp3 now!

Do you ever feel like it
Almost gonna make you crazy
Like it's just another demon
Painting pictures in your mind
So much a-coming down
But you're a-being lazy
Stickin' to the same
Old shit you wanna leave behind
It ain't what your doctor told ya
It ain't what your teacher told ya
There ain't no easy peace of mind
Do you ever feel that you're
Never gonna be so crazy
As to leave someone waiting
Down the end of the line
If all the future's bright
Yours is looking hazy
Those clouds won't let
Your sunlight shine
It ain't what your doctor told ya
It ain't what your teacher told ya
There ain't no easy peace of mind
--Speech--
It ain't what your doctor told ya
It ain't what your teacher told ya
There ain't no easy peace of mind

zj: lead&backing vocals, drum programming, acoustic guitar, bass, piano, music box, drum programming.

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HELL MOTEL 03:27 listen now

When a cowboy’s late, getting out on a date,
He’s got to leave his old pony behind.
The lady was fine, the cowboy’s boots shine
This looks like a glorious day
Just out for a walk, simply talking that talk
He saw the steamin’ hot steam for her ears.
In the dark movie show, this is the time I must know
Whatever disaster shall come
Never checking out of the hell hotel
Ain’t no checking out of the hell hotel

zj: vocal, acoustic guitars, lap slide, electric bass

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LUXURY BLUES 01:33 listen now!

My baby's got the newest king of luxury
She got it from the local 'partment store
She really is into this newest kind of luxury
Though I ain't got much money for her no more.

zj: acoustic guitar, reed organ, leslie organ, electric bass.

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MUST I WAIT 04:10 listen now!

This resident has got another big complaint
falling on his head again
Seems like the end again
Seems like its real now man
Now letters gathers dust & the morning sun burning
I get in the mood and I feel like
churning out that old jazz tune once again
The cat fast asleep as my newspaper's barking
And I read about the death of Sir Phillip Larkin
Mailman bring me no more blues
What comes around just goes to show
And all the faces seem to know
On every corner, every street
The people that you often meet
That time will tell a tale so sweet
If you can only bear the waiting.
How long mus' I wait?
('Till the feeling gets right?)
How long mus' I wait?
('Till you're holding me tight?)
No more procrastination
Can't be living on a hesitation. (x3)
The neighborhood has got big confusion
Being on the brim again
God laughing down at him
With the smile of a mannequin
The same odd types gittin down witcha money
If I'd take your job you'd still be voting for me honey
That's the pay cheque philosophy
It cannot be explained
how blood turns to poison
Neither can it mantained
That the motherland's a toy zone
Ragged richess never last
So lead your sheep to the green
Make it unseen, the way it's been,

zj: lead&backing vocals, acoustic&electric guitar, piano, bass, drum programming.
chef t: organ

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OLE'TIMES 03:11 listen now!

When you're groovin' on them ole time
with a six-pack late at night
Dieting on blackness & pizza & candlelight,
ain't nothing coming down
like U & I go down on ole’ times
When you funkin' on them ole’ times,
funking on them ole’ times

If the blues didn't get you further,
if you're further down below,
Take a trip on granny rocking chair,
and make them records shown
Your left hand will never
move the way the righteous know
When you funkin' on them ole’ times,
funking on them ole’ times
Take me home to Oklahoma,
take me on the mardi gras
Take me out to show me
what you got for me big momma
Smells like ice tea on the porch,
Hallelujah, praise the Lord
'Cos we're funkin' on them ole’ times,
funking on them ole’ times

zj: lead & backing vocal, rhythm & lead guitars
chef t: bass, organ

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ROUND & ROUND 02:54 listen now!

You got your hand on my middle
like a gun to my head
Feeling like an outlaw bongo red
Oh baby, your never meant to make it
Running thru the red tape roster thang
Trying to get back your sane again
Now lady, now you ain't a lady
Round & round,
Up & down.
Pick it up & put it down
If your days are hard guess what u need
to call upon a friend indeed
I'm steady headin for 24/7
You got me open like a 7/11
There comes a time to stand alone
buy your own food get your own home
There we go again...

zj: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric piano, harp, drum programming

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STRANGE GLOW 05:46 listen now!

Strange glow shine around me, strange glow shine on me
Strange glow magnetize me, strange glow shine on me
This morning comes to better all the things that we can't see
I creep up right behind you, so you can shine your light on me
Then you pushing further
Then you're pushing me back into my dream
Strange glow petrifies me, lay your hand on me
Strange glow petrifies me, is this true reality
I'm picking up all the pieces, painting pictures evergreen
I crawl up right behind you like a touchstone mystery
May the light now magnetize you
May your judges not despise you
May you turn to the window to see what's going on
You don't see love but you see glory
You're loving facts but hating stories
Put it all down in that little black book of mine
Then you pushing further
Then you're pushing me back into my dream
Scat to fade.

zj: vocals, electric & acoustic piano, electric guitar, bass

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